Human Rights in Russia Week-ending 24 April 2020 - with Sergei Davidis

This week Simon Cosgrove and Sergei Nikitin talk with Sergei Davidis (pictured), member of the board of Memorial Human Rights Centre and director of the Centre's programme on political prisoners. Memorial Human Rights Centre is one of the most authoritative human rights organisations in Russia. The programme headed by Sergei Davidis, among a range of activities in support of political prisoners, maintains a list of political prisoners in the Russian Federation. As of today, there are 314 names on that list. Sergei Davidis talks about how the term 'political prisoner' is defined, what can be done to secure the release of political prisoners, and what can be done to reduce the number of such prisoners in the future. This podcast is in the Russian language. You can also hear these podcasts on SoundCloud, Spotify and iTunes. The music is from Stravinsky's Elegy for Solo Viola, played here by Karolina Errera.